(I build Pinecast.com) One of the biggest things is knowing who's an actual human downloading your podcast. If it's all bots, that tells you very little about

(I build Pinecast.com) One of the biggest things is knowing who's an actual human downloading your podcast. If it's all bots, that tells you very little about growth or what's working and what's not. Even if you're not running ads, having an inaccurate view of how many people are listening makes it hard to know what to do; it's very much not "if you build it they will listen".